When DeathComes

byMaryOliver

请跟英语兔我一起读:

When deathcomes

当死神来时

like thehungry bear in autumn;

像秋天饥饿的熊；

when deathcomes and takes all the bright coins from his purse

当死神来时，拿出他钱包里所有亮闪闪的硬币

to buy me,and snaps the purse shut;

收买我，然后咔嚓关上钱包；

when deathcomes

当死神来时

like themeasle-pox

像出麻疹

when deathcomes

当死神来时

like aniceberg between the shoulder blades,

像两个肩胛骨之间的一座冰山

I want tostep through the door full of curiosity, wondering:

我想走过充满好奇的门，寻思：

what is itgoing to be like, that cottage of darkness?

那将会是什么样子呢，那座黑暗的茅屋？

Andtherefore I look upon everything

因此我把一切看作

as abrotherhood and a sisterhood,

兄弟关系和姐妹关系，

and I lookupon time as no more than an idea,

我仅仅把时间看作一个想法，

and Iconsider eternity as another possibility,

我把永恒看做另一种可能性。

and Ithink of each life as a flower, as common

我认为每一次人生都是一朵花，普通

as a fielddaisy, and as singular,

如一地的雏菊，形式单一，

and eachname a comfortable music in the mouth,

每一个名字就是嘴中舒适的音乐，

tending,as all music does, toward silence,

就如所有音乐那样，渐趋寂静，

and eachbody a lion of courage, and something

每个身体都有狮子般的勇气，地球上

preciousto the earth.

最珍贵的东西。

When it'sover, I want to say all my life

它结束时，我想表达我全部的人生

I was abride married to amazement.

我是一位嫁给惊讶的新娘。

I was thebridegroom, taking the world into my arms.

我是一位新郎，揽世界于怀中。

When it'sover, I don't want to wonder

当它结束时，我不应该怀疑

if I havemade of my life something particular, and real.

是否我的人生经历过特殊和真实之事。

I don'twant to find myself sighing and frightened,

我不愿发现自己叹息或惊恐，

or full ofargument.

或充满争议。

I don'twant to end up simply having visited this world.

我不想以简简单单地访问过这个世界而告终。